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Inasmuch 



Rev. J. 



Smithurst, 

 1839 



Rev. Abra 

 ham Cowley, 

 1841 



Henry Budd 



Cumberland 

 opened, 1840 



for us; What is this our friends? The word of 

 God says that one soul is worth more than all the 

 World; surely then, our friends, three hundred 

 souls are worth one praying father! It is not 

 once or twice a week teaching that is enough to 

 make us wise; we have a bad heart, and we hate 

 our bad hearts and all our evil ways, and we wish 

 to cast them all away, and we hope in time, by the 

 help of God, to be able to do it. But have pa 

 tience, our friends; we hope our children will do 

 better, and will learn to read God s Book, so as 

 to go forth to their country people to tell them 

 the word of life.&quot; 



This appeal was followed by two important 

 results. First the reinforcing of the missions 

 by two new men. The Rev. J. Smithurst, who 

 took charge of the Red River Mission, and the 

 Rev. Abraham Cowley who was sent to Manitoba 

 Lake, &quot;and there founded a station among the 

 Soto or Salteaux Indians, calling it Fairford after 

 his birthpalce.&quot; Second, the visit of Bishop 

 Mountain undertaken at the request, be it noted, 

 of the C. M. S. 



One other interim occurrence should be men 

 tioned. John West, as we have described made, 

 on landing at York Factory, immediate efforts 

 to carry out his instructions concerning the 

 natives. On the way up from York Factory &quot;he 

 picked up two young Indian boys, and took them 

 with him. They were the first of their nation 

 to be baptised, by the names of Henry Budd and 

 John Hope. Both became excellent assistants; 



